I have a Duramax Dually and I'll need to buy some new tires for it before next towing season. I have Michelin's and I'm not exactly impressed with them. I think I have about 45,000 miles on a 70,000 mile tire and can probably squeeze another 5,000 miles out of them. I rotate once a year (about 7,000 miles) and may have missed one along the way. I know that duallie's eat tires and figured I check with other dually owners to see what the recommendation is and what really works. I use them year around, so they need to be mud and snow rated so I don't have to swap out six tires to go over the mountain passes. I know they aren't as good a true snow tire, but it's a 6x6 so that helps too. Around here Les Schwab is a preferred tire provider. They are pitching Cooper's and their own label. Costco would be another option since I have a membership for a Christmas card that I haven't activated. I figured batteries and tires from Costco might be worth cashing that card in and using since I'll need both and maybe 6 new trailer tires as well. The truck sees about 3,000 miles of towing, plus or minus every year. I know that's much harder on tires as well. Just thought I'd see what others have used and would steer away from or recommend. Thanks!
I’m not a daully guy but 7k per year and you’ve got 45k on them now. At a little over 6 years old, do you have any dry rot issues?
Les Schwab is the most expensive tire shop in town. We buy almost all of our tires from Perfection Tire in Pasco, Shane is the owner. Discount is good also, but recently can't beat Perfection Pasco's prices. I run Coopers, but as you know I don't have a dually.
Les Schwab seems to depend on the time of month and manager. Sometimes they are less and sometimes more. I got my Michelin's at Discount tire but will check Perfection tire as well. I have time to research and find out what will work. Espos4, your math works like mine! No common core crap! I don't have any dry rot at this point. They are parked inside and I work from home for the most part. No sun beating on them day after day. Still after 5 years you are pushing your luck on trailer tires. I would expect tires to last longer but planned obsolescence is a wonderful thing if you manufacture goods! As far as tread, 2 are almost to the warning bump. Those have been rotated to the inside dually which should help. The other 4 have a smidge more.
I bought tires from Perfection for many years but have switched over to Discount Tire. The biggest reason was that Perfection seems to be a local outfit and Discount is all over the country. I've used the Discount Tire in AZ and have been as pleased with their service down there as I am up here.
I wiil tell you what I do t buy again and that is Hankook. I put a set on my 2012 F550 and the truck feels like I have rear wheel steering, it squirms and I don't tow with that truck. I should have spent the bucks and put Continental back on it but the 375 dollar per tire made me shop. I guess you do get what you pay for.
$375 PER tire? Ouch! That's a chunk of change! You'd have to get 100,000 miles out of them to make that pay!
Bought a set of 4 tires for my son’s car from Costco last Spring. First time I ever bought tires from them. Their prices were very competitive. Might be worth giving them a shot.
I recently sold a chevy truck (3/4 ton) that had a set of Coopers (Discoverer ATs I think). These tires were previously on another truck of mine and were at least 10 years old. I didnt trailer with them but did carry some occasional 1 ton loads in the bed. They probably didnt have more than 50k miles on them, but considering their age still had a lot of tread left and no rot or crack issues at all. Im looking to get jeep tires one of these days and I wont consider anything except cooper
Been running Firestone TransForce HT's for last few sets. Got over 70 k out of them with frequent rotation and pressure check. Not on a dually , but F-250 4x4.. just my .02c worth .
I did bite the bullet in January. Costco was running a deal and so I bought six Michelin Defenders for just under $1,300. That was about $300 t0 $600 better than the competition. It also allowed me to powder coat my rims! They were crusty and rusty and gray so they didn't match anything. I went with a black and at least the rims match the nerf bars now. I should have done the Nerf bars since they were worse than the rims. I just didn't want the rims rusting away. Might be taking the nerf bars down very soon! Thanks for the replies and brands. I've had Hankook on a burb but didn't notice anything while towing with them. Cooper's keep coming up, so those might be the next set depending on the prices. The last pair that I replaced ended up at 67,000 miles, so my calculations and memory were WAY off!
TireRack had the best price for my last se of 4. Those were General's. Now that was for my 1500 and I will most likely get them for my 3500. Price was good and they did outlast the truck
I have Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac 35x12.5x20 on my RAM Dually, mostly because here in Canada you must have the snowflake to be legal and the Duratracs are the only ones to have it. I towed 3 times to Florida so far and I am quite impressed that they are not to soft, I was expecting to lose them on the road but they are pretty durable, a little noisy though.
